Coin savings bank



April 7, 1925 1,532,412

J./x KHDVVELL.

COIN SAVINGS 'BANK Fiied May 2-, 1921 INHABIHNTS THERE} STATES d'AME-S A. KIDJVELL, O1 LAKEWGO'D, OHIO; AHNEL :aiDJV'ELL ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID JAMES a. KID'WELL, nnonssnn, as'srer-Ior. "1 n BANKERS seVINGs AND CREDIT SYSTEM COMPANY, or onnvnzslvn, err-11G, a. CORPORATION or OHIO.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, earns A. Kmwnnr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Lakewood. in the county of Cuyahoga and tate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Savings Banks, of which Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement of guard fingers for the orifice of a savings bank toprevent coins deposited therein from escaping therefrom, and a protection for said guard fingers which will preventthe coins from interfering with their action or disarranging them in any way.

The invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, hereinafter "more fully described, and specifically-pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a coin bank embodying the invention, the lower portion of the casing being broken away to reveal the bottom plate and parts carried thereby; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the casing immediately above the bottom plate; Fig. 3 is .a bottom plan view of the bank with .a part of the bottom plate broken away; and Fig. 4 is a sectional detail tl rough the bottom plate and the guard device carried. thereby.

In these views, A is a bell shaped casing having a bottom openingA. B is an annular flange adjacent to the lower edge thereof, which is pressed tightly in place or otherwise rigidly secured therein. C is the bottom plate which is provided with a lug or pressed out member, D, which engages with the flange, B, to hold the bottom plate in position at one side. At the opposite side the bottom plate is adapted to be detachably connected to the flange B by the bolt E of a suitable lock P. This lock is described and claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 466,369, filed concurrently herewith and further detailed description of the same in this connection is deemed unnecessary. F is a plate of spring metal, in which the spaced spring fingers, G, G, are formed, preferably by means of dies. These fingers extend alternately from opposite sides of the elongated opening, H, in the plate, F, and are curved upward at their extremities above the coin entrance or slot, 1, formed in the bottom plate, C, ant

the tips of the fingers preferably pass or tical sides are slotted at M, M, to permit.

the spring fingers to rise when a coin is pressed between them. The upper edges of the: channel plate are bent over towards each other at J to provide sloping surfaces from which the coins in the bank will glance so that they will not injure the spring fingers. This guard member also prevents the mass of coins in the bank from resting on the fingers, but does not prevent the introduction of coins therein.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a savings bank, a container, having anopenin-g in its base, :a bottom plate for said opening, means for detachably securing said bottom plate in said opening, a coin admission slot in said bottom plate, spring fingers alternately secured to the opposite margins of said coin admission slot, the tips of said fingers curved upwardly, and the tips of the fingers extending from one side of said slot overlapping the tips of the fingers extending from the other side of said slot, to prevent the coins in the bank from passing out of said slot, and guard means for said fingers, said guard means having coin deflecting surfaces.

2. A. savings bank comprising a container having an opening, a plate detachably secured in said opening, said plate having a coin admission slot therein, spring guard fingers extending transversely of said slot' and alternately from each side thereof and having upturned extremities, the extremities of the fingers extending from one side of tudinal opening positioned over said coin admission slot, said channel plate provided with elevated sides and reversely inclined upper surfaces, the sides of said channel plate provided with vertical openings permitting the elevation of said fingers when a coin is inserted in the coin admission slot.

3. A savings bank comprising acontainer, having an opening, a detachable closure for said opening, locking means for said closure, said closure provided with a coin admission slot, a plate secured over said slot and provided with a longitudinal opening, spring lingers alternately attached to opposite sides of said opening, and extending over'the coin admission siot, said lingers turned upwardly and overlapping each other to prevent the return of coins passed through said coin admission slot, and a guard wall ateach side of said coin admission slot for said respective fingers, said guard walls slotted to permit controlled. movement of Said fingers, said guard walls overhanging said coin admission slot at their outer edges.

l. In a savings bank, a container having a coin admission slot, spring fingers alternately attached to opposite sides of said slot and extending over the same, the extremities of said fingers overlapping each other, a

. guard wall upon each side of said slot, said guard walls provided with slots in which said fingers move, the outer edges of said guard walls overhanging said fingers and coin admission slot.

5. In a bank of the character described, a container having a coin admission slot in one of its walls, and spring fingers attached to said wall on opposite sides of the slot, those on one side alternating with those on the other, said fingers serving to intercept the outward passage of a coin.

6. In a bank of the character described, a

container having a coin admission slot in one of its walls, spring fingers attached to said wall on opposite sides of the slot, those on one side alternating with those on the other, said fingers serving to intercept the outward passage of a coin, and guard walls on opposite sides of the slot, said guard walls being provided with slots in which said fingers are adapted to move.

7. In a bank of the character described, a container having a coin admission slot in one of its walls, and a plate oi": resilient material applied to the inner side of said wall and having a cut away portion registering with said coin admission slot, the cut away portion of the plate being of such shape as to effect a series of fingers along each side of the slot, the inner ends of the fingers extend ing over the slot and cooperating to intercept the outward passage of a coin.

8. In a bank of the character described, a container having a coin admission slot in one of its walls, a plate of resilient material applied to the inner side of said wall and having a cut away portion registering with said coin admission slot, the cut away portion ot' the plate being of such shape as to etl'eet a series of fingers along each side of the slot, the inner ends of the fingers extending over the slot and cooperating to intercept the outward passage of a coin, and a guard device applied to the said plate and having a slot registering with the coin admission slot and incorporating opposed walls that are provided with slots within which the fingers are adapted to move.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 7th day of December, 1920.

JAMES A. KIDWELL.

In presence of- S. W. SANzsTnR, WM. M. MONROE. 

